Opinion

Texas stands to gain two seats in the U.S. House of Representatives after results of the 2020 census released last week show the state had the largest numerical gain of any state since the 2010 census

Back in 1922 the Supreme Court ruled that major league baseball was exempt from anti-trust laws. The legislature never passed a law to that effect. Major league football and basketball have no such exemption. Last week Republican senators lead by Ted Cruz introduced legislation to strip baseball of its exemption. Why?

As I’m sure I’ve mentioned before in this space, I’m a “third-vocation” pastor—immediately after high school I joined the U.S. Navy then retired 20 years later, followed by 15 years as a public high school teacher, before heeding God’s call. All three vocations came with a lifestyle change, but I found the same skills set to be applicable to each. People are people whether I talk to them as a Senior Chief Petty Officer, an English teacher, or a pastor.